[Call for Participants] Online Event: "3rd Nikkei Well-being Symposium" to be held on March 25

The Nikkei Inc. is recruiting participants for its online event, the " 3rd Nikkei Well-being Symposium," to be held on Friday, March 25. Diverse guests from industry, academia, and government will be invited to discuss "happiness and fulfillment." From Dentsu Inc., Mr. Noritaka Obuse, Director of the Future Creative Center, will take the stage.

The movement to explore sustainable growth using human happiness and fulfillment as one of the indicators has gained significant momentum in Japan. The Nikkei, which co-founded the "Well-being Initiative" with the Well-being for Planet Earth Foundation in March 2021 and has explored approaches to well-being that also enhance corporate value alongside 18 participating companies, will hold its third symposium. This event will also invite academics from the "Well-being Society," established last December. Focusing on "subjective well-being"—a concept gaining global attention yet still underdeveloped in discussion—the symposium will explore ways to deepen research and practice on "inner richness," beyond objective factors like income and assets.

【Overview】
Organizer: Nikkei Inc.
Date & Time: Friday, March 25, 10:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Fee: Free
Format: Online LIVE Streaming
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 25

■Click here for registration and symposium details

【Program】

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Global Session: "Balance, Harmony, and Happiness? A Discussion of the World Happiness Report 2022."
Lara Aknin (Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University / Co-editor, World Happiness Report)
Tim Lomas (Researcher, Harvard University)
Yukiko Uchida (Professor, Center for the Future of the Mind, Kyoto University)
<Moderator>
Alden Lai (Assistant Professor, NYU School of Global Public Health)

11:00–12:10 Panel Discussion: "The Cutting Edge of Human Capital Management"
Kunio Ito (Director, CFO Education and Research Center, Hitotsubashi University)
Yuki Shimazu (Director, Industrial Human Resources Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Yuki Sanpei (Representative, Astroning Advisors)
<Moderator>
Taro Tanaka (Director, Nikkei ESG Management Forum)

13:00–13:30 Corporate Presentation: "Well-being Management Gains Momentum Through Human Capital Disclosure: Essential Initiatives for Delivering Results"
Mr. Shinji Torigoe (President and CEO, Advantage Risk Management)

13:40–14:50 Panel Discussion "Well-being, Management Approaches, and Effective Value Communication to Capital Markets"
Mr. Akiyoshi Iriyama (Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Waseda University Business School)
Hideo Matsue (Chief Strategy Officer, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group)
Ms. Miyo Yajima (Executive Officer, Well-being Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings)
<Moderator>
Nobuko Kobayashi (Head of Consulting Unit, Senior Researcher, Nikkei BP Research Institute)

15:00–16:15 Academia Session "The Current State and Future of Well-being: Initiatives in Academia and Industry"
Tom Suzuki (Professor, Waseda University; Ph.D., Oxford)
Junji Watanabe (Senior Research Fellow, Human Information Research Department, NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Sho Takano (Associate Professor, Fukui Prefectural University Regional Economic Research Institute)
<Moderator>
Takashi Maeno (Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University)

16:15–16:45 Panel Discussion: "Evolving Corporate Value and Methodologies for Reconstruction"
Noritaka Obuse (Director, Dentsu Inc. Future Creative Center)
Ryusei Matsuo (Senior Manager, EY Strategy and Consulting)

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